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 Mention live CDs so it can be tried without installing anything. Mention live CDs so it can be tried without installing anything.
  
-Our URL: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/.+If Ubuntu has WEBI, meaning it can be installed on Windows without re-partitioning, then maybe mention that too. 
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 +Linux works reasonably on older hardware, which may be struggling with XP and couldn't have Vista. 
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 +Our URL: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/.  Don't forget!  
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 +If something is free, say so in nice big letters! "FREE!" always grabs attention on a poster. 
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-A coastal outline of the south-west with county boundaries marked and Dorset a different colour to the others?+Mustn't be a design that uses "too much ink".  It may be that some people print these at home and could be put off if it'll empty their ink cartridges.  A better place to print may be at your local Dorset library;  Dorchester library offers A4 colour laser prints at 10p a sheet. 
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 +A coastal outline of the south-west with county boundaries marked and Dorset a different colour to the others?  Where to find one?  The Dorset/Hampshire border moved a while ago and many are out of date.  Doesn't have to be accurate to the meter, just representative. 
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 +A 2D barcode that can be scanned with the reader's mobile and leads them to the web site.
  
 === Distro Logos  === === Distro Logos  ===
  
 Adds a bit of colour and interest.  Suggest have them in a row in the bottom half of the page. Adds a bit of colour and interest.  Suggest have them in a row in the bottom half of the page.
-Need to find high quality artwork, vector format preferred, for these + 
-that we can use under each of their individual licenses.  The images here are just so people know what they look like, they aren't necessarily the ones to use on the finished poster.+Need to find high quality artwork, vector format preferred, for these that we can use under each of their individual licenses.  The images here are just so people know what they look like, they aren't necessarily the ones to use on the finished poster.
  
     * Tux the penguin, perhaps our Farmer Tux from Dorset.     * Tux the penguin, perhaps our Farmer Tux from Dorset.
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 It would be ideal if the poster was produced using FLOSS, e.g. [[http://www.inkscape.org/|Inkscape]] or [[http://www.scribus.net/|Scribus]]. It would be ideal if the poster was produced using FLOSS, e.g. [[http://www.inkscape.org/|Inkscape]] or [[http://www.scribus.net/|Scribus]].
  
-We should state what license the poster is under so others know what +We should state what license the poster is under so others know what they can do with it. 
-they can do with it.+
  
  
 ===== Places to Post ===== ===== Places to Post =====
  
-Add places you can think of, even if they're local, it may be +Add places you can think of, even if they're local, it may be suggestive to others.
-suggestive to others.+
  
     * Library.     * Library.
-    * School or University notice board. +    * School or University notice board (read up on [[http://publications.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=35275&CFID=32750&CFTOKEN=6a47525230f7d5a2-2540AA9F-A6ED-E4AF-0E692644EA9DF999|Becta Jan '08 report]]). 
-    * Local computer shops.+    * Adult Education Centre.
     * Community hall notice boards.     * Community hall notice boards.
-    * In the computing section of bookshops.+    * Local computer shops. 
 +    * Computing section of bookshops.
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